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The Moon on Tuesday, September 19, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 17.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on September 19, 2023Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 September 2023391,850 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 19, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
391,850 km243,484 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 19, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 15, 2023 at 01:40 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 15, 202301:40
First Quarter (after)Friday, September 22, 202319:32

The Moon around September 19

More about this date

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.